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It's not just sore throats and upset stomachs -- school nurses see rashes, ear infections, high blood pressure and sometimes a host of other, more serious illnesses.

“On any given day, we see 100 to 150 kids come through this health office -- it's huge,” said Elizabeth Parris, a school nurse who is partnering up with Dr. Anna Zuckerman, a pediatric resident at the UVM Children’s Hospital.

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Together, they want to create a school-based health clinic in the Winooski School District.

“It is like a doctor's office inside a school," Zuckerman said. "A lot of the patients that I see in my primary care clinic are the students from this school."

Parris often sees these students first.

"There's many phone calls that go out every single day to parents that say, 'Come and get your kid. They're sick, they need to see a doctor, they need acute care, advanced care, and we don't have the capabilities at this point to provide it,'" she said.

Winooski is geographically the smallest school district in Vermont and one of the most diverse, with families from countries like Nepal, Somalia and Vietnam.

"Every child, whatever language they speak, whatever place they come from, however, much time or money their parents have, to allow every child to have access to equal healthcare services,” Zuckerman said.

One more thing this clinic means?

“We can help eliminate some of the stress for families that have issues with transportation, or with parents that have to work,” Parris said.

And, they say, bringing in a doctor can help cut down on the number of days kids miss school -- that keeps the learning going. While the clinic can write prescriptions, but one thing those behind it want to make clear: This clinic does not replace their family's pediatrician.

"We are here to collaborate, to work together and to work with primary care doctors to keep our kids healthy,” Zuckerman said.

The district is presenting this as a done deal by next fall. NBC5 asked how they would pay for it and they said they're still working it out.